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UPDATE: Since writing this post yesterday, I have received representations to assure me that Mr Hague's special advisers are neither dismayed nor diminished."He must go." The Foreign Secretary was unequivocal on Marr earlier. Whereas HMG was cautious about calling for regime change in Egypt or Tunisia, William Hague had no difficulty in telling Col Gaddafi to quit. "The Libyan people have risen up against Col Gaddafi," he said. With atrocious scenes of the killing of protestors and with a? government making war on its own people, "of course it's time for Col Gaddafi to go". To back up the message, Mr Hague says that last night he signed a directive revoking the Libyan dictator's diplomatic immunity in the UK, along with that enjoyed by his son, his family and his household. Given that the Security Council has agreed to refer them to the International Criminal Court, and the UK's record of arresting visiting retired dictators or even issuing warrants for democratically elected politicians, they are unlikely to pitch up here. But it does underscore how sordid the relationship between the last government and the Gaddafis had become.William Hague is to be congratulated for his tour de force this morning when he set out the coalition government's . The last time a British Foreign Secretary made such a bold declamation on Britain's foreign policy goals was Robin Cook's much-derided ethical foreign policy speech at the start of the Blair era back in 1997. I very much doubt that Mr Hague's contribution will suffer a similar fate.

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